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Once upon a time there lived a man named Thomas. Every day, with a large wooden axe[斧頭]upon his shoulder, Thomas went deep into the __1 to cut down trees.

After working hard all day long, Thomas was very __2__, so he decided to get a drink.He walked toward the sound of the water, and __3__ the trees he saw a waterfall, which was falling into a deep pond.

Thomas put his wooden axe down on a rock near the edge of the pond, and bent[彎]down to get a drink. __4 , he heard something. “Splash!” His axe had fallen into the pond.

The pond looked very deep, and Thomas didn’t know how to swim. He was just about to __5 hope of getting back his axe when a sprite[小精靈]swam up out of the pond.

“I’m a water sprite. Is this gold axe yours?” she asked.

“No, I had a simple axe made of __6 ,” Thomas answered.

The water sprite dove back down into the pond. It wasn’t long __7__ she returned. “Is this wooden axe yours?”

Thomas looked at the axe and smiled because it was surely the axe he had lost. “Yes, that’s __8 . It is a simple axe made of wood.”

The sprite gave the axe to Thomas and laughed, “You are a very __9__ man. I will give you the gold axe as a gift.” Thomas didn’t know what to say, but before leaving, he remembered his __10 . “Thank you,” he said.

1. A. rivers B. towns C. woods D. fi elds

2. A. hungry B. thirsty C. sleepy D. active

3. A. through B. against C. without D. towards

4. A. Finally B. Specially C. Luckily D. Suddenly

5. A. put away B. take off C. give up D. think over

6. A. wood B. gold C. silver D. stone

7. A. unless B. because C. before D. though

8. A. yours B. mine C. his D. hers

9. A. polite B. brave C. honest D. healthy

10. A. duties B. dreams C. rules D. manners

【語篇解讀】

Thomas在池塘邊喝水時不小心將斧頭掉進了池塘。一個精靈游出水面，并且拿著一把金斧頭詢問是否是他的。Thomas告訴精靈自己的斧頭只是一把普通的木制斧頭。Thomas的誠實打動了精靈，她將找到的木制斧頭和金斧頭一起送給了Thomas。

【答案詳析】

1. C 根據(jù)后面“to cut down trees”可推斷Thomas應(yīng)該是進入樹林去砍樹，因此C項為正確答案。

2. B 根據(jù)后半句“so he decided to get a drink”可知Thomas應(yīng)該是渴了，決定喝水，因此B項為正確答案。

3. A 根據(jù)前半句“He walked toward the sound of the water”可知，他朝著水聲方向走去，后面的一句“he saw a waterfall”表明他發(fā)現(xiàn)了瀑布，因此應(yīng)該是穿過樹林，所以A項為正確答案。

4. D 前面一句描寫Thomas安放好斧頭，后面一句寫發(fā)現(xiàn)斧頭掉進水中，所以此處需要表示“突然”的副詞，因此D項為正確答案。

5. C 根據(jù)前面一句“The pond looked very deep, and Thomas didn’t know how to swim.”可知，池塘很深，且Thomas不會游泳，由此可推斷他放棄了撈回斧頭的希望。Put away為“放好，儲存”，take off為“脫掉，起飛”，give up為“放棄”，think over為“思考”，因此C項為正確答案。

6. A 根據(jù)第一段“a large wooden axe”可知，Thomas的斧頭是木制的，因此此處應(yīng)選A項。

7. C 根據(jù)句型“It was not long before…”表示“沒過多久就……”可知，精靈消失不久后就回來了，因此C項為正確答案。

8. B 根據(jù)前面一句“Thomas looked at the axe and smiled because it was surely the axe he had lost.”可知，這次撈出來的斧頭是Thomas的，所以此處需要表示“我的”的名詞性物主代詞，所以B項為正確答案。

9. C 根據(jù)之前Thomas拒絕了精靈的金斧頭，執(zhí)意要自己的普通斧頭，可知他是個誠實的人，因此C項為正確答案。

10. D 根據(jù)最后Thomas所說的“Thank you”，可知他時刻銘記自己的禮貌舉止，因此D項為正確答案。

【難句分析】

Thomas looked at the axe and smiled because it was surely the axe he had lost.

【譯文】托馬斯看著斧頭，笑了，因為這無疑是他丟了的那把。

【分析】because引導(dǎo)原因狀語從句；“he had lost”是過去完成時，表示動作發(fā)生在“smiled”之前，即“過去的過去”“he had lost”也是定語從句，修飾先行詞axe。